ITV Playhouse

Season 2

1968 · 42 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Daddy Kiss It Better

   29 Jul 1968

2. 2

   2. Star Quality

   8 Aug 1968

   An aspiring playwright is delighted when a famous star agrees to appear in his new play. At first, that is.

3. 3

   3. Bon Voyage

   12 Aug 1968

4. 4

   4. A Heritage and Its History

   19 Aug 1968

5. 5

   5. Funeral Games

   26 Aug 1968

   Religious cult leader, Pringle, calls in a private investigator, Caulfield, after receiving letters saying that his wife is having an affair. But Caulfield learns that the wife has more than love on her mind.

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   6. A Most Unfortunate Accident

   29 Aug 1968

7. 7

   7. Who Is Sylvia?

   2 Sept 1968

8. 8

   8. The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

   5 Sept 1968

9. 9

   9. There's a Hole in Your Dustbin Delilah

   9 Sept 1968

10. 10

    10. Number Ten

    12 Sept 1968

11. 11

    11. The Explorer

    16 Sept 1968

12. 12

    12. The Tigers of Subtopia

    19 Sept 1968

13. 13

    13. The Stealers of Darkness

    23 Sept 1968

14. 14

    14. Inventory for the Summer

    26 Sept 1968

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    15. Neutral Ground

    30 Sept 1968

    An allied agent is sent out into an obscure country to find a Russian Agent who has been thrown out of Russia for defection. He finds a broken man who drowns his days in drink, and feels sympathy for him.

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    16. Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    3 Oct 1968

    Edgar Lunt lives his life by scientific principles, that is, for every action there is a reaction. He believes that any pleasure he might have, will mean, somebody will suffer somewhere else. The result is he is not very happy at all, until Trevor, a young student,tries to show him a fresh outlook on life.

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    17. If Only the Trains Come

    7 Oct 1968

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    18. Camille 68

    10 Oct 1968

    Camille is living in London, working as a prostitute with her friend Nanine. Her life has no happiness until she meets the son of one her customers 'Armand' a Cambridge undergraduate .

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    19. Thirteen Thousand and Eighty Three Pounds

    14 Oct 1968

20. 20

    20. The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    17 Oct 1968

21. 21

    21. The Tycoon

    24 Oct 1968

22. 22

    22. Murder: When Robin Was a Boy

    17 Mar 1969

23. 23

    23. Murder: Return to Yesterday

    24 Mar 1969

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    24. Murder: Double Negative

    31 Mar 1969

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    25. Murder: Nobody Knows

    14 Apr 1969

    Inspector Parker's instinct in trying to nail Pritchard for the horrific murder of a young girl becomes an obsession which puts pressure on both his health and marriage.

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    26. Murder: Mr Buchanan

    21 Apr 1969

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    27. Murder: Identikit

    28 Apr 1969

28. 28

    28. Double Agent

    12 May 1969

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    29. Public Face

    19 May 1969

30. 30

    30. Uncle Jonathan

    2 Jun 1969

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    31. Square on the Hypotenuse

    9 Jun 1969

32. 32

    32. Colombe

    16 Jun 1969

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    33. The Friendly Persuaders

    23 Jun 1969

    A delegation from the planet Taran is made welcome by almost everyone in Britain. They talk of their planet as a promised land and a new beginning...but not everyone is convinced and decides to investigate further.

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    34. Beast in the Jungle

    30 Jun 1969

    May and John had met years earlier by an act of fate. They had gone their separate ways but then bump into each other again by another act of fate. John seems to have forgotten much of the earlier encounter but May remembers every detail and reminds him that the young John had been alarmed about a premonition he had of a tragic event that would happen to him in later life.

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    35. The Marrying Kind

    7 Jul 1969

    The history of an old four poster bed and its various occupants.

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    36. Justice Is a Woman

    14 Jul 1969

    This drama inspired long running series Justice about a successful lady barrister.Here Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth,an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.

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    37. End of Story

    21 Jul 1969

38. 38

    38. Remember the Germans

    28 Jul 1969

39. 39

    39. The John Hilarian Salt Exhibition and Numerous Illustrated Slides

    4 Aug 1969

40. 40

    40. Stables Theatre Company #1: In a Cottage Hospital

    11 Aug 1969

    A man is suffering memory loss after slowly recovering from a car crash. Does fate offer a chance to re-invent himself and forget the past? - or is he doomed to make the same mistakes and have the same disappointments as he has always had?

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    41. Stables Theatre Company #2: Wedding Night

    18 Aug 1969

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    42. The Ha Ha

    25 Aug 1969

    A young woman experiences a mental breakdown.